DOMINQUE v. TELB

No. 86-3763.

831 F.2d 673 (1987)

William DOMINQUE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James A. TELB, Sheriff; et al., Defendants, Jimmy G. Putnam, Assistant Deputy Director, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Kulick (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Lansing, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph P. Dawson (argued), Cox & Vassar, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to address further the procedural problems which arise in framing and resolving, before trial, claims of qualified immunity in civil rights actions against public officers. See generally, Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982); Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731, 102 S.Ct. 2690, 73 L.Ed.2d 349 (1982); Mitchell...

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